Friendly
Visitor Program of the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Senior Centers |
704/531-6900
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| Provides a volunteer once a week to visit homebound seniors ages 55
and older. They offer a wide variety of services in Spanish and several
other languages. |
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| Love, INC provides a wide variety of services in this topic area.
Here a some of them.
1) Home visits to allow caregivers the chance to do routine errands
or other tasks.
2) Assistance with check writing, completion of legal papers,
and other tasks easily completed by a volunteer.
3) "Care Teams" to assist people in remaining independent (given
availability of volunteer resources)
4) Finally, they provide a telephone reassurance program. |
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| Services
for Adults of the Department of Social Services |
704/336-3150
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| A wide variety of services including in-home aid (menu planning, budgeting,
shopping, meal preparation, and very light housekeeping), short term (hours
to a few days) respite, nursing home and adult care placement, assistance
with personal and family problems, referrals to resources outside of DSS,
etc. |
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| Shepherd's Center of Charlotte |
704/334-4637
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| Referrals to companion aides for people 65 years and older living in
or near the area bounded by South Boulevard, Independence Boulevard, and
Old Providence Road (all of zip codes 28204 and 28207 and parts of zip
codes 28203, 28209, 28210, 28211, 28226, and 28270). |
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| Shepherd's Center South |
704/541-0100
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| Occasional but reliable telephone reassurance calls for seniors 55
and older living in or near Mint Hill or Pineville. These include
zip codes 28104, 28105, 28106, 28134, 28210, part of 28212, 28226, 28227,
28270, 28277, and part of 28273. |
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Telephone
Reassurance Program of
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Senior Centers |
704/531-6900
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| Brief, daily telephone calls from trained volunteers to seniors 55
and older who are homebound and/or isolated. |
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